Archives for 2002

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“I have one life to live and one chance to make it count for something… I’m free to choose what that something is, and the something I’ve chosen is my faith.  Now, my faith goes beyond theology and religion and requires considerable work and effort.  My faith demands – this is not optional – my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.”  –Jimmy Carter

Does it exist anymore?

I realize that the Supremes passed on hearing this case, but I strongly disagree with the decision of the New Jersey Supreme Court…  Doesn’t the statute matter?

Does election law matter any longer?. Yesterday the New Jersey Supreme Court decided that a deadline for candidate change and selection in the states election law must be set aside to preserve the concept of a two party system. Essentially the New Jersey Supreme court has allowed the NJ Democratic Party to substitute Frank Lautenberg as the party’s candidate to replace Robert Torricelli on the ballot for one of NJ’s seats in the US Senate well after the statutory deadline has passed. [kuro5hin.org]

I just spoke to Borders: the 400 stores announced is the entire chain. They have nearly that many now, with over 400 planned to be open by Christmas. The rollout should be done by mid-2003 with a formal announcement at that point, even though service will be available (starting in California) in the meantime.  [80211b News]

Slow blogging lately – been out of town or on unannounced visits with my boss for several days, or been dealing with major projects.. I’ll try to get caught up tonight…

I watched Part 1 of Ken Burns’ PBS documentary on, Frank Lloyd Wright, last night. He was a person who walked his own path and saw things in his own view. He endured hardships, yet persevered and was successful. I’ll never be as famous as he but, I see a lot of me in his character as presented. Part 2 of the documentary is tonight. [Donald W. Larson’s Radio Weblog]

We are fooling ourselves – and the world – if we think that Saddam is going to let the world conduct thorough inspections in a manner that eradicates his weapons of mass destruction.

So much of what is happening today reminds me of the lessons of history that we seem to have forgotten:  Chamberlain and Hitler in Munich…

Bush: War may be ‘unavoidable’. The US president says he may have no choice but to go to war with Iraqü as EU and Arab leaders stress their continuing differences with the US. [BBC News | Front Page]